The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1887-12-01

acted In this spirit wherever no strictly
German interests were involved. He ex
pressed q desire to see the letters the car
had mentioned. He then formulated al
length Gcrmany's complaint against Rus.
eia. The car promised on his return to
st. Petersburg, to better inform himself on
the question. and to arrive at decisions
acc ordingly.
General News Notes.
Yale defeats Harvard in the great foo,
ball game at New York.
The official vote for all the counties o.
pennsylvania at the recent election shows
the following totals for state treasurer:
Hart, Republican, 3S5, IA; McGran, Demo
crat, $40, 289; Irish. Prohibition, l8,471,
Kennedy. Labor, 8. 500; plurality, As, 245.
Total, 653, $50.
Col. A: F. Rockwell, chief quartermaste,
| OF the department., opened proposals OF
| the 24th inst, for fifty cavalry horses
two for Fort Keogh, thirty-eight for Fort
Custer and ten for Camp Sheridan. Mar
tell Brardenburg of Miles City was thu
lowest bidder; at $1O3 each.
The story that efforts were made to re.
suscitate the body of August Spies after
his execution is positively denied by DR..
George Thilo, who examined the body
pronounced life to be totally extinct.
The official vote of the state OF Pennsyl.
| vania shows the follow wing totals on govern.
| Or: Foraker. Republican, 1856, 937; Powell,
Democrat, 333. 2O5; Saitz. Labor, PATTI:
Sharp, Prohibition, 29.7OO; scattering ii.
Total IA ,566. Foraker over Powell, 23..
TAP.
Capt. Schmidt OF the Texan state Rang.
ers, whose company has been securing
the Rio Grande frontier writes to Gov.
Ross that they have killed and captured
thirteenof the bandits tnfesting tho front.
Ter. Included among the killed is the
noted bandit chief Luciano Moral es.
At Hartford, Conn.,, at an exciting meet.
Ing OF tho First Unitarian society an at.
tempt was made to GUST the pastor, Rev.
j. Z. kimball, because of his open avowal
OF sympathy with the Chicago anarchists
in a recent sermon. The attempt was o
failure: a resolution asking the pastor to
resign being defeated by majority OF IL
IN total vote OF 81. The women of the
society supported Mr.. Kimball in body.
At Galveston, Tex, United States Cir.
cult Judge Pardce has issued restraining
in the yards OF the Southern Pacific Rail,
road company at Houston, preventing
them from interfering with the property Of
the company and from intimidating pcr.
sons who apply to the company for en-.
ployment. The petition praying for the
intercession OF the federal court sets forth
that the complainant is a non- resident oil
Texas, incorporated under the laws oi
Kentucky. and engaged in interstate com.
MERGE.
The Wisconsin Executive shows that af.
fairs among the pinery dens are not so
bad as represented. He says: The two
girlR fh0 n ndra v,ictnro1 u ~ol =, -
Marinette den were still there, leading
lives OF shame OF their own free will. The
fifteen-year.old girl, tho young and limo.
cent virgin about whose abduction so
much stir was made, is twenty nine years
OF age, with five years police record in
Chicago. So it has been with all the cases
they haye investigated. The girl who
made 50 miraculous an escape turns out
TO nave been virago, who quarreled with
everybody. and instead OF escaping was
driven away.
Special kilograms to Bradstreet's point
to somewhat irregular trade conditions
during the last week, with a smaller total
volume Of general trade, owing to the oh.
servance OF Thanksgiving day. The ad.
vancing tendency OF prices in speculative
lines continues, but the reaction leaves
smaller recorded net gains. with very act
i've trading in grain and stocks.
In the North Alabama conference of the
Southern Methodist church at Tuscaloosa,
d. C. Kelley OF Nashville, one OF the most
eminent Methodist divines in America
and missionary treasurer of the general
conference. to resign his official position
on account OF his utterance in reference to
the Emma Abbott episode at Nashville.
The resolution will create great sensa-
ton throughout the entire Southern
Methodist church. DR.. Kelly defended
Miss Abbott in rising in church to defend
theatergoing.
Minnesota Fret at Gettysburg.
In "Reminiscences Of Gen. Winfield Scott
Hancock" by his wife (page 45), referring
to the battle OF Gettysburg. she says: "A
vivid account OF the battle that ensued,
written by my husbands chief OF staff, Gen.
Morgan, and verified as to facts by Gen.
Hancock himself, was found among his pa
pers and is appended to these reminiscen.
ces."
Two regiments of Lockwood's brigade Of
the Twelfth corps, commanded by Gen.
Lockwood were brought up by Gen. Meade
in person, and advanced against the
enemy on the left OF the Second corps,
This part OF the line was not complete,
and the frequent intervals, and a fringe OF
unaergrowthin front, afforded the enemy
good opportunities for penetrating our
lines. While Gen. Hancock was rid.
ing along the line he observed q rebel
regiment about penetrating one OF
vanced, Capt. Miller, OF tho general staff,
being wounded by the fire. Turning to a
regiment standing near in columns offours,
Gen. Hancock said to the colonel, pointine
to the rebel standard: do you see those
The regiment charged as it was formed
in columns OF tours, in the most
brilliant style, capturing the colors
and q number Of prisoners. While Gen.
Hancock was ahsent fwounded) he
wrote to one Of his staff, desiring to ascer.
tain what regiment that WAS, as he desired
to recommend the colonel for appointment
a. brigadier general. Knowing that sew.
eral corps were represented at or near the
spot q circular was sent to the corps com.
In his letter Gen. Hancock described the
man and stated that he rode black horse.
strange to say, several claimants were
found for the honor, but the regiment was,
IN truth. one of tho generals own COM
mand. the heroic First Minnesota. The
general was somewhat reluctant to come to
conclusion on account OF tho number
and pertinacity Of the claimants, but sew
eral months after he met tho colonel
lAdams) In Harrisburg and recognized him
at once. The colonel had been several
times wounded and had been in the hos
Pitei 1T Harrisburg ever since the battle.
In this attack and subsequent advance
upon tho enemy the First Minnesota lost
Is per cont Of it, msmbsrs.